Game apparatus.



H. A. FINNEY.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.13.1902.

PATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

A G M 2 A W g Q z? a 01% 7 E J v V1//////// V/ A U I STATES PATENTOFFICE.

I HERBERT A. FINNEY, OF CRUM LYNNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

l GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906 Application filed September 13,1902. Serial No.123.332.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT A. FINNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Crum Lynne, in the county of Delaware, State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GameApparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,andexact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to game apparatus; and it has for its object theprovision of a construction wherein instead of there being a separatedial for the index to show the moves the players are to make such moveswill be indicated directly upon the face of the board over which the menare moved.

A further object of the .invention is to provide a new arrangement ofthe parts of the game such as will give entertainment.

' Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood fromthe following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a plan view of a game apparatus involving the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the appafiat/11S andillustrating the mounting of the in- Referring now, to the drawings,there is shown a board 5, on which are marked four concentric spiralpaths 6, 7, 8, and 9, the outer ends of which are spaced apart ninetydegrees and the inner ends of which communicate with a central circularinclosure 10. The paths are marked with radial lines which separatethe'paths into spaces, each of which represents one mile, and atcorresponding points of the several paths are marked the penalties. Thepenalties are represented by the words lost, rest, storm, breakdown,pass blocked. At the outer edge of the board and arranged in an annularseries are numbers representing miles. At the center of theboardis apost 11, on which is rotatably mounted an index 12, which extendsslightly beyond the paths, so as to designate the number of milescredited to each player.

It will be noted that the index 12 is at considerable elevation abovethe face of the board, so that it may pass readily over gamepiecesoccupying any of the blocks of the paths.

Each player has a number of men, each group or party of men being thesame color and different from the other groups orparties,

and at the outer and inner ends of the paths are marked blocks 13, whichare colored to correspond to the diiferent parties.

In playing the game each player spins the index and each time the indexstops at 10 miles he may bring out one of his men and start him at theblock at the outer end of his path. When the index stops at a number inthe outer series, the player may advance one man the correspondingnumber of miles marked on his path. If, however, theindex stops at lost,then as many men as he has on his path are removed from the board, andif all of his men are on the path he is out of the game. The rules ofplay may of course be varied, and, if desired, when a man stops onapenalty he may be made to remain there until the player again makesten, which was re uired to start him in the first instance.

particular advantage of the present arrangement is that there isprovided a means for determining who shall be the first player. This isdone by spinning the indicator and the first play falls to him who haschosen the path nearest to the opening to which the arrow stops.

The several players are thus advanced successively along the severalpaths by the players, and the personwho first gets his men into thecentral inclosure wins the game.

It will be understood that in practice modifications of the specificarrangement shown may be made and that any suitable materials andproportions may be used for the several parts without departing from thespirit of the invention.

What is claimed is- A game-board having marked thereon a plurality ofconcentric spiral paths, each of said paths being divided into blocksfor movement of game-pieces thereover, penalties indicated on said boardexterior to said paths and numbers for indicating the movement. ofgame-pieces over the said blocks, said numbers being disposedalternately with said penalties, the outermost ends of said paths beingdisposed at ninety degrees to each other and the inner ends of saidpaths terminating in the center of the center of the board at a point ina line with the opposite In testimony whereof I affix my signature inpresence of two Witnesses.

HERBERT A. FINNEY.

Witnesses:

P. CAVEN WHITE, 2nd, L. WERKUS VINKEL.

